I love this song! Is it available for download anywhere?

What is the word for "to delete"? As in, to delete something electronically? Or a word for throwing away or something similar?

Shollypopz:
How many times do we have to tell u, No!!

Ṣùgbọ́n a ń gbìyànjú kọ́. Mo fẹ́ràn èdè Yorùbá, mo sì fẹ́ kọ́ Yorùbá sí i.

Thank you!

Please could you tell me how you would say "congratulations" in igbo?

I think you missed my point

I assume that the main proponents of this argument would consider themselves Christians - I say this because they argue from the Bible as it if is fact, and don't dispute the Messiah-ship of Jesus Christ. So I put to you: Phil 4:1-2, Eph 4:2-6, John 17:22. What does it to people who don't know or trust God if they see His ambassador's - the people who are to show Christ to the world - tearing each other apart over small issues? Surely we should all stand united in the core truth:

God made us for relationship with Him, but we turned away, wanting to follow our own sinfulness instead. The price for this disobedience HAD to be paid, so Jesus took the punishment in our place - but because He had done no wrong, death had no claim over Him, and He is risen, living and able to save, even today and in times to come. And people who do not yet know Him are in danger which threatens their very soul and eternal existence.

The world needs to see the reality of impending judgement and the love of God. Not 'God-followers' engaged in tearing one another down over whether you read the OT in the light of the NT or vice versa.

Romans 3:10, 23. What is a "righteous leader"? How does a people "get righteous"?

N ko gbo ede Yoruba pupo, sugbon mo n ko. E jowo, se e le so fun mi itumo ede Geesi "omo'lope"? (I apologise now for my grammar, but I hope that I can at least make myself understood)

Can anyone tell me the meaning of "omo'lope"? I know this isn't the right thread for it, but I can't find a more appropriate one

Yorubalove, are you working from Antonia Yetunde Folarin Schleicher's book? I am, and a lot of your phrases are what I would have picked up from said book - particularly the weird word used for 5. However, I noticed on the CD, they never say marunun, only marun, which is consistent with what I have picked up from internet study.

yorubalove:


Also, If anyone is wondering what crappy dictionary I used, this is it:
http://www.yorubadictionary.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/englishyoruba.htm

Yeah, this online dictionary (I've used it a few times) sucks royally!

Oronna - thanks for the link!

Se "Mo ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí lá àlá ní Yorùbá" ni daa? Ma binu, yoruba mi ko daa!

aloy-emeka:

abadaba link=topic=335584.msg5393720#msg5393720 date=1264554707:

How to know a genuine Dibia or lawo.
He has to prepare protection charms for you. Then there has to be a test run of the charms on the Dibia. For example, ask him to wear the charms around his waist, then shoot him with a gun directly on his chest x3. If he survives it, then he is genuine.
Goodluck.

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It's between them and God, who knows the details of their spiritual walk? But they had many problems when several partners involved, not prosperity, and often problems between them and God. Would also refer you to Deut 17:17.

Waiting on your reference Open minded to changing my views should the Bible support it

MRbrownJAY:


as for my claim, i repeat:"many in biblical times had multiple mistresses and GOD never looked down on them or call them sinners" so if its ok for them then it sure is ok for US ALL!

Reference please? Or you claim to know the mind of God? Any path that is not God's will is a sin

manugbo:

Nigerian guys wears ONE BXERS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEK

No way is this limited to Nigerian guys!

MRbrownJAY:

^^stop trying to fool people into believing that sleeping with another women was wrong in the bible. MANY people in biblical times had concubines and mistresses (some like King David had 100s) and it was ALL OK IN THE EYES OF GOD, so long as these women were not MARRIED!!!!

get your facts right!

I disagree. It is clear all the way through the Bible that God's ideal is a monogamous marriage. When people like King David, King Solomon, Jacob father of Joseph, or Elkanah father of Samuel, had numerous wives, it always lead to trouble and family discord. God forgives, but not everything that everyone did that has been recorded in the Bible is to show that God's okay with it, some of it's there as a warning against bad behaviour (I mean no-one very few would advocate fratricide, but Cain killing Abel is in there).

A digression from the main topic

The marriage is in the relationship, not a piece of metal. It's a beautiful symbol, but does not make or break the marriage. My friend lost his in a Russian mountain!

Love. And time. Means nothing if you don't take the time to spend with her and talk to her, show her she is important to you.

Materially, it depends on the girl, find out what she likes and what best communicates love to her. Someone once told me there are 5 ways people can be shown love: time, words, actions, gifts and touch. Most people have a top 2. So if your girl is (for the sake of argument) a time and actions girl, buying her gifts won't mean as much to her as just spending time with her or doing something nice for her. Sorry to go all Mills and Boon, but I think it's true

Hmm, I wouldn't dislike it if my guy were a virgin. Then I know I'm not just another notch on his bedpost. Though I wouldn't exclude if he's not. As long as he still values me for me, and doesn't just see me as someone to service him. The guy inside is what matters

IFELEKE:

Ma se foya,kiko ni mimo. . .
E yin temi mo ki yin o,se ko si ti gbogbo ile pa loolo bi aginju?

Haha, that is way beyond my stunted vocabulary! Mo ko ye "foya", "kiko", "mimo", "yin" "temi" "loolo" abi "aginju". Perhaps I should give up now, unless you feel like helping me out?!

Rabzy, sorry for the continual harassment! How would you form the future tense in Yoruba? Eg. I will/I am going to ??

Chintua, I feel this is a very blinkered view. Of course black people are intelligent, but I believe intelligence is a gift, and all good gifts come from God (see James 1:17). This opinion should be left in the 19th century, not that it should have ever been expressed, but certainly not in this day and age, surely?

Coincidentally, I was having exactly this conversation with a friend last night. I have a friend whose name is Dylan Thomas (whose namesake was a British poet), and even this can cause problems, such as phoning companies etc, and giving your name as Dylan Thomas (they often hung up!). I agree with Eyoiba, you should define your name, not allow your name, or what other people may think of your name, to define you. But calling your child Adolf, Hitler, Mussolini or any other inflammatory person's name is setting them up for difficulties at least, later in life.

IFELEKE:

Our language is unique and dynamic. . .

I know! Really trying to improve!

Is there a sister page to this, where one may get Yoruba words translated to English?

Round where I live, I would say white people are the highest underachievers. Of course, this is a highly biased sample, limited to one geographical area, and I couldn't/wouldn't extrapolate to every caucasian person from this. I think that the west is largely responsible for Africa's current state. The reason Asia and the Middle East are slightly better off is because they have learned to play the west at their own game - look at China refusing to allow businesses to exploit their cheap labour unless the entire business is relocated to China to allow the government to make money from it. Countries that don't play this game (consider India, Bangladesh) still have people who live in abject poverty.

The world system is set up in such a way (by those on top) that the way to become a serious competitor for a top position is to become like those on top, but better. Some would say to become westernised. Which I think is the wrong way for the world to be. People shouldn't excel by becoming a clone of someone else who has excelled by exploiting others; they should excel based on their own strengths, cultures and traditions. Why should Africa have to become less African in order to make a way for themselves in a west-dominated world? It is this world-system, on a macro and micro level that leads people to the conclusion that white people are intelligent, and black people are not.

The basis for defining intelligence is vague, and this makes it harder to answer. Are we talking about the GNP of a country? If so, the reasons above answer why the world is thus, not because white people are better or smarter than black people.

If we are talking about people within a country, there are many people who lack ambition and drive among all races. Look at the South Wales Valleys, or inner-city areas. Perhaps one difference is that poor white people in western countries are offered better opportunities (on the state) than poor black people in African countries. And white people who opt not to work in countries like the UK are given state benefits, whereas in Nigeria, they go hungry. So they do not suffer to the same extent, but the low IQ (which is a poor measure of intelligence anyway, but that is a topic for another time and place) or lack of drive is common to all.

The black people that are fortunate to have a good education (by which I mean, one where they are taught in a way that is conducive to learning, and not just a way that attempts to make them clones of middle-class white children -- see Labov W, Academic Ignorance and Black Intelligence, The Atlantic, 1972) perform no worse than white children - and often better. For those who use the argument that there are fewer Africans in university, I pose the following: do you know how much it costs to study in the west if you are coming from Africa? Some universities charge in excess of N7,000,000 per year, and insist that this is paid upfront at the start of each year. That is before living expenses etc are added on top. Were they to apply the same rules to white students from that country, you would find very few white people in university either.

The problem is not the colour of your skin, or your genetic make-up. It's the system that the world's superpowers have put in place to ensure that they stay the superpowers

. . .I'll get off my soapbox now!

I wear it on my left wrist, but@ve no idea why. I guess in a hospital situation it makes sense to have it on your left wrist to look at while you take patient's pulse with right hand (that said, we're now not allowed to wear wrist watches in hospitals at all!). Perhaps in everyday life it is the same - people wear it on their left hand so they can do other things with their right. Doesn't explain lefties though, maybe it's decades of being forced to conform by the right-handed majority ^joke!

I agree. I always used to cook for my mother on Mother's Day. And make a cake for her birthday.

What about friends then? I love to make my friends cakes for their birthdays, but what about the other 364 days of the year?

By what means would you show them?

,  you can give someone to show that you care about them?

I don't mean in term of monetary value necessarily, and I don't mean just restricted to romantic relationships. If a good friend were to emigrate, what would you give them as a goodbye present? If a friend helped you through a tough time, how would you thank them? If someone really means a lot to you, how would you show it? And how would you want to be shown by someone else?

Oluschenco:

Se alaafia ni gbogbo ile wa?

Mo ko soro yoruba odaa, (as evidenced by that statement, I am sure) sugbon mo ^??boya^?? ye ^??iye^??:

Se=question
alaafia=peace
ni=to be/in
gbogbo=all
ile=house
wa=at present/come

Would the above thus mean "Is there peace in all the house?" (ish!)?